Guest guest Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Namaste, Respected Members, Are there any " good " translations on the Devi Bhagavatam in English? Any comments on " DEVI: The Devi Bhagavatam Retold " by Ramesh Menon pranams, -- krishnakumar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 The S'rîmad Devî Bhâgawatam. Translated by Swami Vijñanananda http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/db/index.htm On Dec 6, 2007 4:23 PM, Krishnakumar M. <krishna_kumar_m wrote: > Namaste, Respected Members, > > Are there any " good " translations on the Devi Bhagavatam in English? > > Any comments on " DEVI: The Devi Bhagavatam Retold " by Ramesh Menon > > pranams, > > -- krishnakumar > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 As far as I know, the Swami Vijnananda translation is the only existing published translation of the (entire) Devi Bhagavata in English. If you are interested in books *about* the Devi Bhagavata, containing partial translations,you might be interested in the following books. See Amazon for reviews and descriptions. I am not familiar with the " Retold " version; I'm hoping a group member who's read it will comment. The Triumph of the Goddess: The Canonical Models and Theological Issues of the Devi-Bhagavata Purana by C. MacKenzie Brown http://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Goddess-Canonical-Theological-Devi- Bhagavata/dp/0791403645/ref=sr_1_2? ie=UTF8 & s=books & qid=1196955014 & sr=1-2 Paperback: 327 pages Publisher: State University of New York Press (September 1990) Language: English ISBN-10: 0791403645 ISBN-13: 978-0791403648 The Song of the Goddess by C. MacKenzie Brown http://www.amazon.com/Song-Goddess-C-Mackenzie- Brown/dp/0791453944/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 & s=books & qid=1196954889 & sr=1-1 (The Devi Gita) Paperback: 158 pages Publisher: SUNY Press (August 28, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0791453944 ISBN-13: 978-0791453940 , " Krishnakumar M. " <krishna_kumar_m wrote: > > Are there any " good " translations on the Devi Bhagavatam in English? > > Any comments on " DEVI: The Devi Bhagavatam Retold " by Ramesh Menon > > pranams, > > -- krishnakumar \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 On Dec 6, 2007 7:19 AM, Haridev S V <haridevsv wrote: > > The S'rîmad Devî Bhâgawatam. Translated by Swami Vijñanananda > > http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/db/index.htm Swami Vijñanananda was one of the direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. There are a few issues with the translation. First is that it is fairly old (1921), and the English used is a bit antiquated by modern standards. Secondly, the author leaves many of the terms in their original transliterated Sanskrit. In some ways this is a good thing, as the Sanskrit terms impart a great deal more meaning than the equivalent English translation, but if one does not understand basic Sanskrit theological terms it can be rather confusing. Still, it is the primary complete English translation, and it is no longer copyrighted, so one can post it in its entirety on the Web, such as sacred-texts.com has done. Jai Maa. -- -S. Santo Sengupta " Aum Shanti Shanti Shantih. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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